Plait-holding device



' April 7, 1931. sc sm I 1,799,443

PLAIT HOLDING DEVICE Filed July 1 1, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet l April 7, 1931. H. SCHLESINGER 1,799,443

- PLAIT HOLDING DEVICE Filed July 11, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 r i May waffles/y I 15 ralityof plait retaining devices alsoslidably of Fig. 6.

' members, each of which is independently generally, a supporting frame. The frame Patented Apr. 7, 1931 i v v 1,79,443

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. HARRY sorrrinslnena, or bus aromas, IOWA UET'E TATES ATENT rnArr-nornrivo nnvron Application filed Judy 3.1, 1328. Serial No. 291,730.

' The object of my inventionis to provide a I on line 33 of Fig, 2 and illustrating the plait holding device adapted to be used in plait holding device.

combination with an ironing board, the de- Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken vice itself being of simple, durable and comon the line l-4 OfFlg. land illustrating the I? paratively inexpensive construction. supporting frameand its manner of connec- A further object is to provide a device de tion tothe ironing board. signed for holding plaits in a skirt or the Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view on line like after the plaits have been arrangedby 55 of Fig. 2, illustrating one of the plait hand, whereby they are held in proper posi-' retaining means. i

tion for being pressed. Y V Fig. .6 is an enlarged detail sectional view 0 More particularly, it is my object to protaken on the line 6-6 of Fig. Qand-illustrates vide a supporting frame in combination with several of the holding members of-the holdan ironing boardwith a plait holding'device ing device in operation. slidably mounted on the frame and a plu- Fig. 7 is a sectional View on the line 7 mounted onthe frame. 1 e vFig. 8 is a perspective view of one ofthe Still a further object is to provide the holding members.

'plait holding device inthe form of a bar On the accompanying drawings, Ihave having a plurality of springpressed holding used; the reference character A to indicate adapted to engage several plaits of the en- Aconsists of a U-shaped member lO provided tire skirt after such plaits have been arwith suitable braces 12. The arms of the U- ranged by the hands of the operator and to shaped member 10 are slidably mounted in thereafter retain these plaits in'positionby sleeves l4. N

the plait retaining devices; The plaitsof The supporting frame A also includes. a "the skirt'may then be pressed without danger pair of side bars 16 having downturned ends; of their being' pressed out of position. H i 18, which are also slidably' mounted in the With'these and other objects in view, my sleeves 14. Set screws 20 serve to retain the invention consists in the construction, arsleeves 14 frictionally on the coacting ends rangement and combination of the various of the member 10 and the-downturned arms 18 parts of my device, whereby the objects con of the. frame A. By this construction, the templatedare attained, as hereinafter more height of the side members 16 is adjusta-bl fully set forth, pointed out in my claims and Anx'inverted usshaped bar 29. issecured to illus ra ed in 11 a omp ny ng"drawingsthe. side members '16 opposite the downturned Although theinvention is susceptible ofia d 1 th f, The b r'22 is adapted tional' tandpoints. Accordingly, I have il- Wall 26, and the ushaped member rests it assembled in connection with an ironing.

V y of Q l P it'is'unneeessery to to extend over an ironing board B adjacent 3 descl'lb? and lllustmtev m e-t n the support 24 therefor and engage the top in order to give a full understanding of the of -ir g. board, as clearly F invention both'from its structural andfllnc' 4i. Thesllpport-fit is illustrated secured to a lustrated a preferred and desirable embodithe floor 28 of the ressin room ment of the invention in the accompanying m 5 r t d drawings in which e fi g f 22 8 gfigp i f f rea1veo ear ancareie 1 Fig 1 1s a plan vlew 0 my C6V1CG s owing justed p i y e of s. 32 and g.

board, such as the type generally used in dry nuts 3 The Clamps .30, belng fi l y Y cleaningestablishments for the pressing of nt d, adapt t am A 2 nn otwn skirts and the like. I 7

,- to ironing boards of various WlClthS'. Fig.2 is a side elevation of the same. A supporting bar 36 having an inturned f Fig. 3 is" anen'larged sectional view taken hook 38 at one end and an outturned hook edly mounted relative to the board B except the one hingedly mounted at 56 as to side.

-" tion 68 and a spring at the other end is adapted to extend under the ironing board B in spaced relation to the bar 22. The supporting bar 36 is aoapted to have its hook ends 38 and 40 extend over the side bars 16, as clearly shown in Fig. 4, whereby it is removably attached to the sup porting frame A. A pair of set screws 42 having swivel heads 44 for engaging the under surface of the board B are screw threadsupporting bar 36.

In assembling the frame A relative to the ironing board. B, the sleeves 14 are first adjusted for obtaining the proper height for the frame A for the particular ironing board B to which it is being secured. The clips 30 are then adjusted for engaging the sides of the ironing board. The set screws .42 are then tightened after the supporting 86 has been placed in position and the set screws 42 serve to exert an upward pressure on the bottom of the board B for supporting the outer end thereof. By the use of the frame A, no other support is needed for the ironing point of fastening to the wall 26 at 24.

Slidably mounted on the members 16 are U- shaped clips 46 having pins 48 rigidly secured thereto. A channel-shaped plait holding bar 50 is provided with openings 52, whereby the bar maybe mounted on the pins 48 for vertical sliding movement. Clutch levers 54 are on the ends of the bar 50 and are provided with openings 58 adapted to surround the pins 48. A spring 60 is provided for each clutch lever 54 for causing the edge of the opening 58 to bind on'the pin 48. The clutch levers 54 allow the plait holding bar 50 to be positioned on the pins 48 and pushed downwardly relative thereto, but prevent them from being raised upwardly except when the clutch levers 54 are moved upwardly relative to the bar 50 by the fingers of the operator. A collar 62 is provided on each pin 48 to limit downward movement of the bar 50 as desired.

A series of openings 64 are provided in the top of the holding bar 50. A series of pins 66 extend through the bar 50 from side ably mounted for vertical movement relative to the bar 50 and comprise blockdike portions 68 slidably mounted between the pins 66, as clearly shown in Fig. 6 of the'drawings.

Each holding member C is provided with handle portions 70 which are slidably'mounted in the openings 64 of the bar 50. Notches 72 are formed in the handle portions 70. A recess 74 is provided in each block-like por- 76 is inserted in each recess and rests against the under side of the Web of the holdingbar 50. -Flanges 78 are provided on the holding members C to limit theirupward movement. The operation and further details of construction of the holding Plait holding members C are slidmembers C will hereinafter be more fully described.

In connection with the supporting frame A, I provide a plurality of plait retaining de vices D. Each retaining device D consists of supporting brackets 80, having openings 82 to receive the side bars 16 of the frame A, whereby the brackets are slidably mounted on the frame A. Extending from the bracket 80 on one of the side members 16 to a bracket 80 on the other side member 16 is a flat resilient bar 84. On my drawings, I have shown three of the plait retaining devices D and they are all similar. Therefore, I will need to describe but one of them.

The retaining bar 84 is normally curved as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 5 and has one end provided with an eye 86 and its other end provided with a slidable latch 88. A pin 90 serves to hingedly connect the eye 86 to one of the brackets 80 and the pin 90 is removable for selectively coacting with spaced openings 92 in the bracket 80 to which the bar 84 is hinged. The opposite bracket 80 is provided with a plurality of pins 92 with either of vhich the slidable latch 88 may coact by sliding the latch 88 in the direction of the arrow 94 to the dotted line position shown in Fig.5. By the construction just described, the bar D may be adjusted up or down for giving it the desired pressure on the board B. When released, the resilient retaining bar 84 will assume its normally curved position and may be raised to a position out of the way, as indicated at 84a.

Practical operation In the operation of my device, a skirt E or at waist or other plaited article is laid on the ironing board B by one of the plait retaining devices D. Although I have illustrated the skirt as a plaited strip of cloth, the portion of the skirt not on top of the board B would extend under the board in the same manner as when not using my device. In Fig. 1, the left hand retaining device D is the one which holds the upper end of the skirt E. The other two retaining devices D are then moved to a position out of the plaitsat the center of the skirt.

and the top of the skirt held "The skirt of course, is already plaited, it

having been plaited by machine when originally made. When the skirt is cleaned, the plaits partly come out, but are still in well enough to be accurately laid by hand before being pressed. The operator then starts to lay the plaits, as shown in the left hand end of Fig. 6 and when he has three or four of the plaits laid, he moves the handle portion 70 of the holding member C closest to him in the direction of the arrow 9, which causes the notch 72'to disengage from the edge of the opening 64 for allowing the spring 76 to force the holding member 0 downwardly one edge so that they may engage the. plaits v the holding bar when The left hand bar the skirt stretchedspring tenslon portion of the skirt -the=collars 6'2 may be adjusted downwardly,

after which theb'a'r 50 may be pusheddownwardly for holding the-plaits'positively by coaction'of the clutch" levers 54 with the pins 48 and" this pushing downof'the bar v5O will reset the plait holding members C in their raised position relative to the'bar 50, assh'own by the two right hand members C in F1g. 6.

The middle retaining device D is then clampedin position on the plaits being'held by the holding bar 50, whereupon moved to the position illustrated in Fig. 1

with the third retaining device in a raised position, out of theway. The plaits at the bottom of the skirt are then held by the holding devices C in the same manner that they were held at the center of the skirt, as has just been described.

The remaining retaining member Dis now moved to position'bythe side of the. holding bar 50 and lowered for retaining the plaitsin their plaited position,

rlevers 54 are manipulated for removing the bar 50 or allowing it tobe slid longitudinally on the frameA to a position out of the way. The bar 50 is moved in the manner just described and the retaining member D utilized for holding the plaits so that the operator,

can conveniently press the skirt E between the retaining bars D without the holding bar 50 interfering with his pressing iron in any way.

The retaining with a downwardly depressed bars/D are each provided rib adjacent of the skirt close to moved adjacent thereto. D may be raised and lengthwise before pressing for the purpose of preventing buckling ofthe skirt duringthe instead of being pressing operation. V The bar 22 engaging the top of the board B and the set screws ports the board in a predetermined relation with respect to the-plait holding and plait retaining devices'and only one'adjustment is originally necessary for fitting the frame to any board of a given height. I

The bar 50 canbe arranged on a vertically or horizontally disposed hinge pin if desirable, so that it can be swungout of the way lifted off the pins 48.

. reaso'nably included 7 I Havin thus described m invention vwhat g V 7 I claim is I the bar is raised position whereby they after whichthe clutch having one end rigidly supported, a frame adapted to'engage the top ofsaid board" a'djacent the supported end Ithereofand to ent gage the'bottomfl of said board substantially spaced from the board.

42 engaging the bottom thereof, provide a frame which rigidly sup Each plait holding member It is obvious of course, that various changes 1- V C is cut away as at 69 to insure that themembers C will-asoff center," tendjto rotate the the edges of. the

such as providing a different type of holding device to replace the bar 50, can be made with out departing from thereal spirit andpurpose. of my invention. Also, other retaining devices D could be utilized in the combination and it is my purpose to .cover bymy claims, such modified forms of construction or use of mechanical equivalents as maybe within their scope,

l. A plait holding device comprising a bar, plurality of plait holding members movably mounted thereon andindividually spring pressed to engage a plurality ofiplaits, each holding member including a handle,

openings in said bar throughwhich said handies slidably extend and notches'in said handles to engage the edges ofsaid openingsf-or thereby retainingflthe holding members in maybe released by disengaging the not hes from the edges of: said openings. 5 I

25 In combination with an ironingboard i I frame and longitudinally slidable on the portion of the-frame arranged along the sides of the 3. In combination withan ironing board secured at one end to-a rigid support, a plait comprising a frame supported holding device at one endandhavi-ng'its other end cl amped.

tothe' board adjacent the supported end thereof whereby the fr'eeend: ofthe' board is supported by said supported 's'aidframe andeXtendin-g across said board.

4. In combination with an ironing board 7 having one'end rigidly supported, a frame adapted to engage .the

jacent the supported'end thereof and toensideseof and spaced-from sa-idjboar'd and terminatingin supporting legs, and a plurality frame in conjunction with end thereof, said said rigid support and plait holding means top-of said board ad- I of plait engaging members supported above said board by said frame and adapted to en gage the plaits of a garment on said board.

5. I11 combination with an ironing board, a plait holding device comprising a stationary member, means for supporting the same above an ironing board, a plurality of movable members supported thereby and each extending across said board above the upper in contact with the board surface and independent of the edges there of, said plait holding device comprising a member having a plurality of sections, each section being adapted to hold certain plaits of a plurality of plaits.

In combination with an ironing board, a supporting frame and a plurality of plait holding devices mounted on said frame and extendingacross said ironing board for holding theplaits of a garment placed on the ironing board, one of said devices being made in independent spring-pressed sections, each having a latch member, said last mentioned device having a portion to coact with each section for latching the latch members in non-operative position, whereby when the sections are unlatched they will thereafter move to position for resilient engagement with the plaits.

8. In combination with an ironing board and a frame associated therewith having side bars spaced from the sides of said board, a pair of members slidably mounted on said side bars and a plait holding device carried by one of said members and detachably connected with the other one, said device extending across the board and being in engagement with the top thereof when the device is connected wit-h said other member.

9. In combination with an ironing board and a frame associated therewith, a plait holding device, means for supporting the ends thereof at a position substantially level with the top of said board, said plait holding device being formed of resilient material and tending to be bowed downwardly when whereby to engage said board with an equal pressure throughout the length of the device. 7

10. A plait holding device comprising a board, a support fixed relative thereto, a bar carried by said support, a plurality of plait holding members movably mounted on said bar and individually spring pressed toward the support to engage a plurality of plaits, and releasable catch means for retaining said holding members in non-operative position, saidbar being vertically movable relative to said support and said catches being engageable with said board whereby to reset all of said catches simultaneously.

11. Incombination with an ironing board having a rigid support for one end thereof, means for supporting the other end of said ironing board in extended position, said means comprising a supporting frame, a cross bar thereon positioned above the board adjacent said rigid support, a second cross bar upon said supporting frame positioned beneath said ironing board and spaced outwardly from said first cross bar and set screws carried by one of said cross bars, said set screws being adjustable relative to said cross bar and engageable with said board to secure the supporting frame to the board.

' Des Moines, Iowa, May 22, 1928.

' HARRY SGHLESINGER. 

